{"id":3694,"date":"2019-03-29T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2019-06-27T12:28:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T18:28:38","slug":"making-case-assessing-social-determinants-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/making-case-assessing-social-determinants-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Case for Assessing Social Determinants of Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Blog-1-Making-the-Case-for-Assessing-Social-Determinates-of-Health.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Blog-1-Making-the-Case-for-Assessing-Social-Determinates-of-Health.png 1200w, https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Blog-1-Making-the-Case-for-Assessing-Social-Determinates-of-Health-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Blog-1-Making-the-Case-for-Assessing-Social-Determinates-of-Health-768x228.png 768w, https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Blog-1-Making-the-Case-for-Assessing-Social-Determinates-of-Health-1024x305.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Making the Case for Assessing Social Determinants of Health<\/h1>\n<p>The Centers for Medicare &#038; Medicaid Services (CMS) \u201ctriple aim\u201d is to improve health care, improve population health and ultimately lower health care costs through quality improvement. Assessing social determinants of health (SDOH) can be a key factor in addressing both better care and lower costs.  While the medical community provides much needed care to patients suffering from illness and disease, the causes of early death are influenced by the factors below. (Note: These statistics are prior to the increase in deaths related to the opioid crisis.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Behavioral patterns \u2013 40% <\/li>\n<li>Genetic \u2013 30%<\/li>\n<li>Social circumstances \u2013 15%<\/li>\n<li>Lack of medical care \u2013 10%<\/li>\n<li>Environmental factors \u2013 5%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The impacts of SDOH are broad. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthaffairs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1377\/hlthaff.21.2.78\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Literature has shown that lower income is related to premature death, and where people are born, work, grow, live and age can complicate access to care and adherence to medical treatment<\/a>.   <\/p>\n<p>While a medical practice is not equipped to address every aspect of SDOH, there are examples within Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) that demonstrate providing resources or partnering to address these needs can decrease costs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advocate Health Care decreased health care costs by $3,800 per a- risk patient, while decreasing readmission costs by implementing a broad nutritional program.<\/li>\n<li>University of Illinois Hospital worked with community partners in addressing homelessness and reported a 61 percent decrease in costs for this population, while decreasing emergency department (ED) use by 35 percent.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/revcycleintelligence.com\/news\/how-addressing-social-determinants-of-health-cuts-healthcare-costs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MedStar Health and Denver Health Center<\/a> are partnering with transportation companies to decrease missed appointments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There will be continued pressure to decrease health care costs in our value-based health care approach. Within the Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP)\u2019s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) there is an increased weight on the cost category to be 15 percent of the total score and, by law, will be increased to 30 percent in 2022. Private payers are also increasing the number of value-based contracts, which, when combined with Medicare and Medicaid efforts, will increase the pressure on providers to control costs.  <\/p>\n<p>Up Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/start-assessing-social-determinants-health-sdoh\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Where to Start on Assessing SDOH<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take a minute to subscribe and start receiving the latest Health Care in the Community blogs by email.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/ccGNQv\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#385173;border-color:#2d415c;border-radius:5px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff;padding:0px 30px;font-size:22px;line-height:44px;border-color:#74869d;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:0px 0px 0px #f4f4f4\"> Subscribe<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making the Case for Assessing Social Determinants of Health The Centers for Medicare &#038; Medicaid Services (CMS) \u201ctriple aim\u201d is to improve health care, improve population health and ultimately lower health care costs through quality improvement. 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